Buried at the end of this Star Tribune article on June 15th, Met Council Chair Adam Duininck once again casually signaled his threat that the Met Council would fabricate the $135M in state funding needed to proceed with the Southwest Light Rail line here in the Twin Cities.

Recall that the Met Council has previously claimed it can on its own sell off future sales tax revenues, pull that into a current pool of cash, and voila - fund SWLRT.

Of course, Duininck also said the Met Council would never commit that $135M without legislative action.

The bottom line is we have an unelected official in a patronage position threatening to blow up the will of the People with a bogus scheme to magically create $135M the Met Council can use at will.

Let your legislators know this "Adam Bomb" nuclear option is illegitimate - just like the Met Council itself. Put a stop to the madness, now.

​And listen to/read my full report on the nature of the Met Council here.